Predicting turbulence in flows with strong stable stratification

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Hebert, David A ^a   de Bruyn Kops, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

FROUDE NUMBER; SHEAR INSTABILITIES; STRATIFICATION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745618661     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2204987     Document Type: Article

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